I m 91 And The Oldest Working Police Officer In My State L.C. “Buckshot” Smith On 3/16/21 at 9:49 AM EDT
I was born and raised in Camden, Arkansas and I ve lived here all my life. If you can t live here, you can t live anywhere; it s a good town. When I was a little boy, I liked excitement and so I wanted to be a police officer or a firefighter.
I finished high school at 17 because I completed two grades in one year, and I ve been working since I was 16 years old. For a long time, I was a supervisor at a Camden furniture store, working in the shipping department and I had five or six people working beneath me there. But I d always wanted to be a police officer.
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Governor Hutchinson received the final report from the Task Force to Advance the State of Law Enforcement in Arkansas today and shared its recommendations that the Governor intends to support during the 93rd General Assembly in January.“I created the law-enforcement task force in the midst of the civil unrest and violence that arose across the country after the death of George Floyd,” Governor Hutchinson said. “That national crisis led us to assess the state of law enforcement in Arkansas. We want to ensure that we are providing our agencies with the equipment, guidance and training, support, and compensation, that will allow them to perform their jobs at the highest level. The law-enforcement officers, elected officials, and community activists on the task force surveyed a broad base of citizens and produced a report that is filled with substantive proposals.” The proposals include 27 recommendation to increase accountability, training, and raise pay to a more competitive l